Few environmentalists would neglect wilderness as an important element of conservation thinking and practice. But many wonder whether the wilderness ideal can galvanize the broad public support necessary to heal the human relationship with nature. So what role will wilderness play in 21st-century conservation? And what other organizing idea about humans and nature could move to the center without undermining wilderness protection? Brandeis University will host a symposium of scholars and practitioners to discuss these issues. Each panel will be followed by a full audience discussion. The symposium will look at changing ideas about the conservation and stewardship of nature over the 20th century and today, particularly in a suburbanizing state such as Massachusetts.

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